Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
Partial results:
Showing results 10051-10075:
- 灌頂【かんじょう・かんちょう】
noun:
- baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
- baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
- pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
- teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
- 何としても【なんとしても】
expression:
- no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
- 何としてでも【なんとしてでも】
expression:
- no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook ➜ 何としても
- 催馬楽【さいばら】
noun:
- genre of Heian-period Japanese court music (primarily consisting of gagaku-styled folk melodies)
- 負け犬☆【まけいぬ】
noun:
- dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs) [literal]
- unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - slang - derogatory term ➜ お一人様【おひとりさま】
- 玉手箱【たまてばこ】たまて箱
noun:
- treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box
- important secret that is not easily revealed to others
乙姫様は浦島太郎に美しい玉手箱をくれました。 Lady Otohime gave Urashima Taro a beautiful Tamate-box.
- 大岡裁き【おおおかさばき】
noun:
- judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)
- デスクトップ・ディスクトップirr.
noun:
- desktop
- desktop computer - IT term
- desktop of a computer (the primary screen for most graphical-based computer operating systems) - IT term
- 心がこもる【こころがこもる】心が籠もる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
- 浄土☆【じょうど】
noun:
- Pure Land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha) - Buddhism term
- Pure Land Buddhism - abbreviation
- はじく☆《弾く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to flip; to snap; to flick
- to repel
- to use (an abacus); to calculate
- to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
- あげく☆《揚げ句・挙句・挙げ句・揚句》
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- in the end (after a long process); finally; after all; at last - esp. 〜したあげく
noun:
- last line (of a renga) ➜ 発句
Kanji
© Based on JMdict, KANJIDIC2, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group's licence. Example sentences from the Tatoeba project (CC BY 2.0). Kanji stroke order data from the KanjiVG project by Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). See comprehensive list of data sources for more info.
Search other dictionaries for langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period:
Yahoo!辞書 / goo辞書 / alc.co.jp / Weblio / Wiktionary